It just goes to show – however much you think you know a place, there’s always something new to be discovered! I’ve been visiting Rydal Hall in Rydal, near Grasmere, for several y…

Langinkoski, Finland

Alexander and dagmar with there children

Interior of the new Livadia Palace in 1912.

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The Bathing Pavilion to the old Livadia Palace.

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolayevna, and her descendants

Alexander Palace, St. Petersburg- Mauve boudoir. June 2014

Tsar Nicholas II with Grand Duchess Olga, his eldest daughter

Prince Alexander, Heir to the throne of Serbia